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Chicago examiner sunday vol ix no 17 a sj Chicago october 25 1908 sunday price five cents county board in danger of prison fob contempt court rules twelve members must show cause for not being punished fail to publish tax list action follows suit of d j lavin to have the figures made known funds for fraud inquiry h m ashton shows commis sioners found 1 9,500 for i primary investigation judge julian w mack of the i circuit court announced yester-j day that he would issue an 1 order to-morrow or tuesday citing twelve of the fourteen members of the board of cook county commissioners to show cause why they should not be ' adiud^ed guilty of contempt of court ' judge mack has already ruled formal ' % y in the case but the order is being j held up awaiting a technical action j i the commissioners are accused of 1 having illegally ordered the diversion ! of county funds for a purpose that is , alleged to have been forbidden in a ( mandatory order entered by judge i mack commanding the publication of '' the tax lists of cook county at the j county's expense jcilp mi;ii found iliat a i>rlmÂ«fac!e rtunj indicating n violation of the mandntoryj order was ebiiililisned dy attorney henrr m asbton on l.ehaif of domliilck j lavin | the taxpayer who on july 17 obtained the court mandate for tnx-list publication the judge ruled that the twelve commis sioners including president william bussp hiiould shew ausc wiihin fifteen days why should not be adjudged guilty of eou-i placed in danger of jail cpder tte legal practice in Illinois the 1 commissioners in case they fail to prove ' to the satisfaction of the court that they ' are not in contempt will be committed to jail and kept there until they comply with ' hh court order they are charged withj tihvlng violated kolloniny are ib commissioners whose ! liberties are thus endangered wi ham basse louis n nnek a vanli steenberp joseph cflrolan william j vm bach carl it chindhlom j k dennis william c outlay w kehrojda oscu c boeber joseph j ellas oscar de i'riest the special offense with which these officials are charged is the passage at a recent board meeting of an order directing the county comptrol.er to pay fram time to time to frank j loescn for use iu prose 1 cutlng eliction f raids such portions as he mar need of nit appropriation of li 800 claimed to have been illegally made by the county b r comes from contingent fund the appropriation was voted to be paid oot of the contingent or so-called nilsceihi j neous fuud of the county board the mandatory order of judge mack in the lavin case is held by attorney ashtou to 1 pdeclude auy payment out of this fund ex cept for regular or emergency expenses of i necessary adminstratlon of the county's public institutions a promised sequel of this contempt suit is that attorney loesch will have to give tip his work of prosecuting the prlmarx fraud cases or do the work without imme diate prospect of pay for himself or his corps of assistants a possible tiniil w to mr loesch's chances for obtaining funds from the county board will be given to-morrow or tuesday iu an injunction suit to restrain the county treasurer from paying him anr money from the county funds will appeal in any event xo matter wliat way this injunction suit is decided by the jndge before whom it may l>e broi gbt it will be appealed by mr ashton with the inevitable result thnt pending the hearing in the higher courts the county treasurer probably will not pay any money as he would run the risk of having to repay l out of his own pocki t in the event that the final decision should be adverse to the county hoard the court benrlng that resulted in the decision to issue the rule for contempt vas dramatic a large delegation of scaoo te.ichers including miss margaret hale and miss catherine goggin of the teach ers federation was present in judge mack's court wheu mr ashton in com pliance with his announcement at the teachers mass meeting the night before petitioned that the county commissioner bo cited for contempt it soon became known in the other courts nnd offices of the county uuildiug that i plea was be.ng made to nave the members of the county hoard punished for con tempt of court and before the case was well under way there was a crowd that filled the room and overflowed into the feroad corridors real winter weather on way from norhwest man froz en to death weather man warns chicagoans to hunt up their furs order up coal and overhaul furnace the weather man warned yesterday t-bat real winter weather is on its way to chi cago it is coming from the xortbwe^t and that it is tht mown-ta-the-bottle article is indicated by the news that preceded it yestitday of a mnn having frozen to death at winnipeg although it would sound undignified in a grave government document to mention such things as furnaces and flannels the man in the postoffice tower said privately i jesterday that the nlse citizen speed y ! will look to these things and order up tit coal and order out bis wife's furs forth with thousands of sheep already have perished in the storms that have swept canada denver oct 24 â€” nine persons com posing three hunting parties nre lost in the mountains of western colorado it is feared all of them have perished among the number are three denver society women the hunters have not been heard from since the terrific blizzard of last saturday and suuday during which sno'.v was piled up on the level from two and a half to eight feet in addition to mountainous drifts among the missing are mr and m'f harry huffman and miss minnie gebhard of denver mr and mrs charles sehroeder and two young men with them j p fer rier aftd son of grand junction col searchers can make little progress be cause of the snow u s to intervene for hayti's turkish syrions minister instructed to use good of fices in threatened expulsion washington d c oct 24 henry w furniss american m'nnter to llayti has been instructed by the state depart ment to use his good offices for all syrians citizens of turkey who are threatened with expuls on from h.iyti under the new anti-syrian act recently passed by the haytlen government the ictlon of this government was taken at the request of the turkish minister to the united states turkey ha.injr no jiplomatic lepresentatlve in hayt . syria s in hayti who are citizens of the united 1 states are tinder the protection of the american legation and their lnterosia will le cnrefull l>*k<il after teacher concealing identity slays self found in farmer's yard revolver in hand and bullet in head dkcatuh 111 oct i!4.-mysrery en veiops the suicide of miss aunie carson a teacher in the rrliona public schools the suicide was committed in the roar of the premises of h h davidson a farmer on the north suburbs of decatur when found the body was warm but life was extinct it was in a kneeling position the girl's left baud clutched a new revolver her right hand was drawn to her fore head a bullet had plowed its way through 1 her temple a box contaiuing a hundred i cartridges lay at her side every ideutl beatton mark even her engraved rings had been removed president changes plan fort his hunt in africa tells bishop ha.tzell he will enter continent at mombassa washington d c oct 4.-bishoy ! j c hartzell of the methodist kpi-copiil i church of africa who called an ptesldentl boosevelt to-day said the piealdeni had told him he intended obtfitt-ng at alex nudria for his african hunt with inaterial-i sent from london from alexandria ac cording to the bishop the i'ie idem wi.i take a small steamer to stonibassa an 1 enter the african continent at that puint wo k ng his way to lake victoria nyunza and from there down the n le to alex pndria it has berecofort 1 been u derstood tliat dip presldeut would fi st ci up tje 1 nile and work his way to the coast 10,000 to improve cattle kansas city mo oct tin stun of 10,006 has been appi opriated by the american hereford cattle breedew as sociation to advance the iuteresis of that breed in the united states a board con slsting of w Â£'. mccrary of kentlamt lud j a shade of kingsley lowa and l>r j logan of kansas ity was ap pointed to carry out the work pioneer woman dies at 106 chii.licothe mo oct mrs mary elizabeth foster iliou at tier home south east of chiliii't'tlh f id age and general debility she is luti years old mrs foster was born in pennsylvania iu wo.l bidwells raving at female nemesis go to prison cold motor inventor passion ately denounces ida palmer as cause of disgrace court is deaf to pleas request to make punishment jail sentence for misde meanor held impossible ida palmer"s hate has been satisfied i am seventy-two years old and mnst go to prison with my son that snake has placed hoth of us where we will probably die she is a fiend incarnate and is no more a woman than the spotted jungle beast wmrb springs rpon its defenseless prey thus spoke benson bldwell of cold motor fame last night as he stood in his cell in the county jail after having been sentenced with his son charles e bid well to serve a term of from one to ten years in joliet on a charge of defrauding stockholders of the bldwell electric com pany pleads in vain for mercy the need inventor who claims to have invented the tjcolley car and the elÂ»etrlc fan besides a nnmber of other devices that created fortunes made a dramatic plea for clemency when juilce chetlaln wns ready to pass sentence his form quivered as he stood before the bench and poured ont his wrath upon miss palmer the nemesis of the bid wells whose hand it was that finally directed their way to the peniten tiary one grain of comfort was granted the two grny-halreii prisoners they het'g^t fiat they should not he hurried to joli-t nri.-on but that they be allowed to remain in the cornty jail for a few days while their attorney james t brady perfected a bill of exceptions which they hope may stay the execution of their sentence judge hetlaln granted the request and father and son were taken to the county jail after sentence bad been passed there wns a pa'betlc scene in the crowded courtroom when the aired inventor beirnn his plea for mercv a few mlnrtes before his nrtnrney had spfcm tvif ib pnmhne of the sentence b delated a f"w days until he could f'nisb preparing his bill of exceptions and the court had â€¢Â£ fused to comply with t'>e request the elder bidweil's grev head sank when he heard jrdge chetlaln pronource t!>e doom of his last hone arid when the jiids turned to him and nskfd have you any thing to say why sentence s h oum not be pronounced on you he sprang to bis feet with sudden fire and energy denies theft from company i want to say to this court that i havej never stolen a d.i'lar in my life xÂ»t one cent did i take from the pldwell eiecrrl company id i palmer that fend swore that she would break up the pldwell com pany and she has kept her word at an awful cost to me and mine she kil'ed my wife as surely as there is a fate that ! directs us this creature has shown noi conscience no scruples and no heirt at this point the old man paused and as the memory of what he considers bis persecution at the hands of the woman who was formerly a confidential secretary in the employ of his company he raised his voice nud shrieked his denunciation she is a demon of the worst type a ' woman utterly lost to every human at tribute he shouted there is noth ing too vile for her to do it is hard for me an innocent man to stand here at the threshold of the grave and kno that i and my sou will have to go to prlso not because of any wrong we have done i but because of this woman's hate predicts cold motor's success when i am dead and gone my cold motor will be a success and succeeding nerations will curse this woman for what she is when i invented the trolley car ihe peoplr n-ho hrst looked at it declared that it was a foolish dream it i the greatest blessing to humanity to day i was deprived of the fruits of wy labor it was the same with the electric fan jud^-e chftlala interrupted the old man and said lhat there was nothing left for him to do but to impose seutence how ever cliurtes bidwÂ»:i who is himself an o:d mm i<ii aildre s d the court as father has said we have been perse coted mid lenied a fair trial he exeiuiuied rehementiy the oulr crook in the em ploy of the bidwcll company was ida morse overdrafts in deals of a day were 211,000 government expert shows he already owed bank 379 000 at that time c m schwab on stand in hurry to leave town but is forced to remain for . monday session new york oct 24 overdrafts by c w morse of l'io,cbi.4t in one day were hown to-day in the trial of the former toe rrust hend and alfred h curtis in the criminal branch of the united states cir cuit court edward o moxey aocorntnnt of the department of justice was the witness who exposed this new development of the morse financial system the total credit of morse in the na tional bank of north america on octo ber 16 iuo7 a day on which he was en gnped in speculating in lee gas nnd sme'.tlng stocks was 239,419.13 but his checks on the same bank in he course of bis day's market transactions were 450.1o0.?o to meet the deficiency he borrowed 211,000 from the same bank of which he was vice president nnd curtis was president before this he owed the institution 37 000 hence his debt to the bank was 5.7.10.000 at the end of that day the 5211.000 loan wns secured by only 1,000 j shares of united copper stock schwab on witness stand dnrlng moxey's testimony charles m schwab who lind been a director of the concern and morgan j o'drlen who had j j been morse's connsel waited their turn i lon the witness stand the steel man j | when finally called admitted that during : the time he was on the board of the ; | bank he had attended only four or nvei â– meetings he was called to the stand a | little nut of the reguar order because he j said that he wanted to go out of town | to tell what he knew about morse's over i drafts : after saying that be had been a director j j from september 27 1007 to september 26 1 urns a nionrji befor morse x u ttfc-j | was asked him j,ijesttoii as assistant ' f'nited states attorney wfw | did you ever know prior to october 16 ! j iso7 that morse had overdrawn his ae-l ; count there wns n strenuous and voclferons ob j jectlon by the counsel for the defense on â€¢ the ground that the proper foundation for ' the question had not been laid mr wise who has shown a remarkable grasp of the intricate case explained that he was try ing to do mr schwab a favor so he could i get out of town the lawyers on the other i side were relentless nnd the steel man was booed off the stand must appear on monday i am sorry mr schwab said the gov eminent lawyer but yon will have to be j here on monday time of child's birth causes perjury charge grand jury to investigate testimony of divorce seeker august h knllecn was held to the grand jury by jrnlse mack estt-rday after he had testified in his suit for divorce ngainst katharine kali en 1040 north spaldlng mene beiory the heailng judge mack w ried kalleen that if perjury was ioid inirted and he was ahle to fix lhe sullt lie would lay the matter before tie giaid y.ry tnere was direct ooiitradii tion in iba testimony oilrred hy kn.lgen and his Â«â– fe kallsen t at lie ceased h ; ng with her i'eie;ule 0 1908 two d ys after their marriage mrs kail xn said that be left he nt that tin hut et timed in march 1007 and ren.alied untli the hitter part of th â– mouth december 12 a child ma bo n judgi mack dlsm!s ed the com pla nant r i ii and anardeii mrs kalleen i de ree of s parnle inai tena'ue of 10 a week kal.eeu was rcleusi id bonds of : financiers puzzled over million dollar co three incorporators of Chicago bank era trust re unknown here what is the Chicago bankers trust com pany and who are charles e brown george w helnze and harrisou u hard iugerv luis question is puzzling financiers in Chicago loilonlug pub.icat.ou yesterday of news that the company had been incur poiated at springneld with a si,ojo,Â«j(w capitalization with the tuiee men named as incorporators the business of the new coueer n was defined as general brokerage j and commission the names of the incor porators do not appear in the city direct ory they are all strangers to me said w w wreun secretary of the Chicago stock exchange i neier heard of any of uk gentlemen charles kdward brown of lake korest said last night he knew noth ing about the new company dog runs his business so man doesn't worry new york oct i frank m weller who describes himself as president of iu international finance and investment company of new york whose office is at ill bank street newark n j and whose terrier dog tassels is the company hemed in the incorporation papern is a civil prisoner in the essex comity jail weiler who is eccentric sent a com plaint to warden steadmau that he was not being provided with clgarts and other iimiries in jail while i am here i demand profler at tention he said to a reporter i my business is going right on my dogi tas sels who is my partuer is tending o the outside business and 1 am taking cjre of the rest of it from here lam uunkkx of i putting in a telephone death threat sent to gov patterson tennessee executive in field against night riders gets anonymous letters camp nemo tern oot 21 kidlnsr horseback with a sborid's joard governor patterson to-day returned to the state guard encamped here after spending last night in i'nion city in conftrence with prosecuting attorneys judges and others preparing to hold court the moment the night riders who murdered captain quentln rankln and who attempted to murder colonel z r taylor are caught governor patterson reached camp about sundown he spent last night at the home of his father-in-law w h gardner i mayor of union city while there he re , celved threats in anonymous letters sent i j through the mail signed by order of the vigilance committee further boasts that the governor would not live to serve another term as gov ernor were made and threats even were | made against mrs patterson mayor gard ner and other members of the household the communications were turned over to ttie union city police by mayor gardner several arrests were made to-day some confessions are reported and it is believed all the outlaws will be caught through con fessions of accomplices plans conference of governors union city tenn oct before ; leaving here for camp nemo where the state militia is encamped governor l'at-j terson said tiiat as soon as quiet is re stored in the lteelfoot lake neighborhood he would ask tor a eoufeience with gov ernors of southern states troubled with night riders with an idea of agreeing on a plan to eliminate them entirely another company of state militia has been ordered oi.t . y the go enior to gva.'l the st.eets and the court hou.se during ; monday * court se^s.on whe.i tae first leg 1 pnceeciluga w.ll be started toward cou litlug se.ernl night tlders victim's son organizes posse tkkntox teuu oct 24 - having waited until his father had recovered from the exposure he sunered during his long flight through the swauups escaping from ni^ut ridus j hillsmau taylor son oi colonel z k taylor commenced to-duj to i mobilize a unique posse to hunt the mur derers of captain liaukin taylor who is a | son-in-law of united states senator taylor and was a football star during his college , days at vanderblit uuivi rsity has sent messages to bis old college mates and foot ' ball comrades asking them to join him j in the march to^samourg to help hunt down his father's asiailanti oil trust had judges appointed new letters are read by hearst exposures are continued in spite of threats archbold wrote gov stone of pennsylvania on behalf of judge morrison 4 famiuarwithoilandgas epistles to attorney general elkin inclosed certificates of depositforsl s,ooo thousands cheer speeci hisgen and graves also ad dress great independence rallies in new york n*tw york oct 24 simultaneously to-night in manhat tan and brooklyn were held two of the grandest rallies in the history of the independence party as a result a â– tide of independent sentiment and enthusiasm has swept over the entire greater city which presages a repetition on november 3 of the victory of 1905 carnegie hall in new york and clermont rink across the bridge in brooklyn were crowded to their capacity with cheering men s and women long before the hour set for the opening of th meetings outside each great building were gathered thousands who were unable to gain entrance and add th ir voices to the roars which welcomed william randolph hearst the founder of the new party and the national and state candidates mr hearst read a number of sensational standard oil letters written by john d archbold and showing how the standard oil isecured the appointment in pennsylvania of supreme court judges because of their familiarity with all that pertains to the great industries of oil and gas in the important relation they bear to the western part of the state let'er tell o 15,000 paymsits this qualification according to a letter mr archbold wrote to governor stone of pennsylvania on dec 5 1902 made judge morrison of mckean pa especially desirable as a member of the court from that section mr hearst read letters showing the transmission from mr archbold to john p elkins then attorney general of pennsyl vania of certificates of deposit for 5,000 and 10,000 mr hearst created a laugh when he said that intimation had recently been conveyed to him that all would be forgiven by the i standard oil company if he would immediately stop reading damaging letters mr hearst bade his friends in the audience a fond fare well because he said i am going to read the letter despite ithe fact that it had been threatened that the whole power of the standard oil would be exerted against him thomas l hisgen of massachusetts the nominee for the presidency john temple graves of georgia candidate for vice president and the entire state ticket headed by clarence j shearn together with mr hearst and other noted orators had gathered in this city for the purpose of making to-night's meetings the most memorable in the party's history irear ova ho n to his en mr hisgen was accorded a magnificent ovation when he ap peared upon the platform the candidate told of the campaign which he had prosecuted from ocean to ocean and gave a glowing account of the growth of the independence party throughout the nation i have fought the standard oil company for years in busi ness he said and to-day i am fighting it in politics and busi ness and i intend to keep the fight going as long as i live mr hisgen then addressed himself to a thorough discussion of the national issues coming down to the new york situation he urged the voters of this state to elect clarence j shearn gov ernor because he was a man who could and would protect the people's interests and enforce the laws letters showing how oil trust secured own judges 26 broadway mar 15 1900 hon john p elkin indiana pa personal my dear general â€” in accordance with your telegraphic request of to-day i beg to enclose you certifi cate of deposit to your favor for 5 000 in fulfillment ot our under standing very truly yours john d archbold 26 broadway feb 5 1900 my dear general â€” in accord ance with the request in your telegram of to-day i new beg to inclose you certificate of deposit to your favor for 10,000 kind acknowledgment of which will oblige yours very truly john d archbold to hon john p elkin indiana pa 26 broadway may 9 1901 my d'sa general â€” i enclose eopy of a mjasu'e pending i a^i ~ r.ot sure whether in the house or senate be'ng an art to amend an exist'ng statute as stated for reasons which seem to us pctent we would greatly like to have this oroposed amendment killed won't you kindly tell me about it a dvise me what you think the chances are verv t>*u'v wjrs john d arch3old to the hon john p f'kln attor n*y general harrisburg pa 26 broadway dec 5 1902 my dear governor â€” i am sure you will paraon any seeming pre sumption on my part in writing you on a subject in which botn personally and on behalf of my company i am greatly interested it is to urge the appointment if at all consistent of judge morri son of mckean to the supreme court bench vice mitchell de ceased judge morrison's character for ability and integrity needs no word at my hands but aside from these great considerations his familiar ity with all that pertains to the great industries of oil and gas in the important relation they bear to the interests of the western part of the state make him espe cially desirable as a member of the court from that section hoping that it may prove possi ble for you to favorably consider judge morrison's appointment i am with very high regard sincerely yours john d archbold hon william a stone harrisburg pa 2s b"oadway sept 5 1900 hon william a stone harrisburg pa my dear governoi â€” will you permit me to s=y that if it seems consistent for you to appoint john henderson of meadvime pa to the vacancy on the supreme bench caused by the deat of jyhae green it will be a matter of in tense personal satisfsct'on to me i am sure i need not occuoy vour time with snv argument as to judqe henderson's fitness e't^er as to character or lenal qualifica tion with hi retard i am very fulv voi-lrs john d ahchbold thomas l hisgen's speech thomas l htegeu in his speech ia oar lm.->:i hull said mr chairman i.adles und gentlemen i ttiank you from the fullness uf my heart fur the cordial greeting that you have ex '< r w..i to me ro-nlght it is the same ing and eiithii-iasm that we bare ex perienced thro-.gbojt the length and breadth of the laad it reminds m&of the old-fashioned rv â– lijrious revivals of the moody and sankey i kind tvh-?n the people came out to hear : rhe newest old story diid v have been greeted with thousa.j<ls of people at oui nil tings simply because tfcey ha >. v 1 pected to hear 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Chicago examiner sunday vol ix no 17 a sj Chicago october 25 1908 sunday price five cents county board in danger of prison fob contempt court rules twelve members must show cause for not being punished fail to publish tax list action follows suit of d j lavin to have the figures made known funds for fraud inquiry h m ashton shows commis sioners found 1 9,500 for i primary investigation judge julian w mack of the i circuit court announced yester-j day that he would issue an 1 order to-morrow or tuesday citing twelve of the fourteen members of the board of cook county commissioners to show cause why they should not be ' adiud^ed guilty of contempt of court ' judge mack has already ruled formal ' % y in the case but the order is being j held up awaiting a technical action j i the commissioners are accused of 1 having illegally ordered the diversion ! of county funds for a purpose that is , alleged to have been forbidden in a ( mandatory order entered by judge i mack commanding the publication of '' the tax lists of cook county at the j county's expense jcilp mi;ii found iliat a i>rlmÂ«fac!e rtunj indicating n violation of the mandntoryj order was ebiiililisned dy attorney henrr m asbton on l.ehaif of domliilck j lavin | the taxpayer who on july 17 obtained the court mandate for tnx-list publication the judge ruled that the twelve commis sioners including president william bussp hiiould shew ausc wiihin fifteen days why should not be adjudged guilty of eou-i placed in danger of jail cpder tte legal practice in Illinois the 1 commissioners in case they fail to prove ' to the satisfaction of the court that they ' are not in contempt will be committed to jail and kept there until they comply with ' hh court order they are charged withj tihvlng violated kolloniny are ib commissioners whose ! liberties are thus endangered wi ham basse louis n nnek a vanli steenberp joseph cflrolan william j vm bach carl it chindhlom j k dennis william c outlay w kehrojda oscu c boeber joseph j ellas oscar de i'riest the special offense with which these officials are charged is the passage at a recent board meeting of an order directing the county comptrol.er to pay fram time to time to frank j loescn for use iu prose 1 cutlng eliction f raids such portions as he mar need of nit appropriation of li 800 claimed to have been illegally made by the county b r comes from contingent fund the appropriation was voted to be paid oot of the contingent or so-called nilsceihi j neous fuud of the county board the mandatory order of judge mack in the lavin case is held by attorney ashtou to 1 pdeclude auy payment out of this fund ex cept for regular or emergency expenses of i necessary adminstratlon of the county's public institutions a promised sequel of this contempt suit is that attorney loesch will have to give tip his work of prosecuting the prlmarx fraud cases or do the work without imme diate prospect of pay for himself or his corps of assistants a possible tiniil w to mr loesch's chances for obtaining funds from the county board will be given to-morrow or tuesday iu an injunction suit to restrain the county treasurer from paying him anr money from the county funds will appeal in any event xo matter wliat way this injunction suit is decided by the jndge before whom it may l>e broi gbt it will be appealed by mr ashton with the inevitable result thnt pending the hearing in the higher courts the county treasurer probably will not pay any money as he would run the risk of having to repay l out of his own pocki t in the event that the final decision should be adverse to the county hoard the court benrlng that resulted in the decision to issue the rule for contempt vas dramatic a large delegation of scaoo te.ichers including miss margaret hale and miss catherine goggin of the teach ers federation was present in judge mack's court wheu mr ashton in com pliance with his announcement at the teachers mass meeting the night before petitioned that the county commissioner bo cited for contempt it soon became known in the other courts nnd offices of the county uuildiug that i plea was be.ng made to nave the members of the county hoard punished for con tempt of court and before the case was well under way there was a crowd that filled the room and overflowed into the feroad corridors real winter weather on way from norhwest man froz en to death weather man warns chicagoans to hunt up their furs order up coal and overhaul furnace the weather man warned yesterday t-bat real winter weather is on its way to chi cago it is coming from the xortbwe^t and that it is tht mown-ta-the-bottle article is indicated by the news that preceded it yestitday of a mnn having frozen to death at winnipeg although it would sound undignified in a grave government document to mention such things as furnaces and flannels the man in the postoffice tower said privately i jesterday that the nlse citizen speed y ! will look to these things and order up tit coal and order out bis wife's furs forth with thousands of sheep already have perished in the storms that have swept canada denver oct 24 â€” nine persons com posing three hunting parties nre lost in the mountains of western colorado it is feared all of them have perished among the number are three denver society women the hunters have not been heard from since the terrific blizzard of last saturday and suuday during which sno'.v was piled up on the level from two and a half to eight feet in addition to mountainous drifts among the missing are mr and m'f harry huffman and miss minnie gebhard of denver mr and mrs charles sehroeder and two young men with them j p fer rier aftd son of grand junction col searchers can make little progress be cause of the snow u s to intervene for hayti's turkish syrions minister instructed to use good of fices in threatened expulsion washington d c oct 24 henry w furniss american m'nnter to llayti has been instructed by the state depart ment to use his good offices for all syrians citizens of turkey who are threatened with expuls on from h.iyti under the new anti-syrian act recently passed by the haytlen government the ictlon of this government was taken at the request of the turkish minister to the united states turkey ha.injr no jiplomatic lepresentatlve in hayt . syria s in hayti who are citizens of the united 1 states are tinder the protection of the american legation and their lnterosia will le cnrefull l>*kr j logan of kansas ity was ap pointed to carry out the work pioneer woman dies at 106 chii.licothe mo oct mrs mary elizabeth foster iliou at tier home south east of chiliii't'tlh f id age and general debility she is luti years old mrs foster was born in pennsylvania iu wo.l bidwells raving at female nemesis go to prison cold motor inventor passion ately denounces ida palmer as cause of disgrace court is deaf to pleas request to make punishment jail sentence for misde meanor held impossible ida palmer"s hate has been satisfied i am seventy-two years old and mnst go to prison with my son that snake has placed hoth of us where we will probably die she is a fiend incarnate and is no more a woman than the spotted jungle beast wmrb springs rpon its defenseless prey thus spoke benson bldwell of cold motor fame last night as he stood in his cell in the county jail after having been sentenced with his son charles e bid well to serve a term of from one to ten years in joliet on a charge of defrauding stockholders of the bldwell electric com pany pleads in vain for mercy the need inventor who claims to have invented the tjcolley car and the elÂ»etrlc fan besides a nnmber of other devices that created fortunes made a dramatic plea for clemency when juilce chetlaln wns ready to pass sentence his form quivered as he stood before the bench and poured ont his wrath upon miss palmer the nemesis of the bid wells whose hand it was that finally directed their way to the peniten tiary one grain of comfort was granted the two grny-halreii prisoners they het'g^t fiat they should not he hurried to joli-t nri.-on but that they be allowed to remain in the cornty jail for a few days while their attorney james t brady perfected a bill of exceptions which they hope may stay the execution of their sentence judge hetlaln granted the request and father and son were taken to the county jail after sentence bad been passed there wns a pa'betlc scene in the crowded courtroom when the aired inventor beirnn his plea for mercv a few mlnrtes before his nrtnrney had spfcm tvif ib pnmhne of the sentence b delated a f"w days until he could f'nisb preparing his bill of exceptions and the court had â€¢Â£ fused to comply with t'>e request the elder bidweil's grev head sank when he heard jrdge chetlaln pronource t!>e doom of his last hone arid when the jiids turned to him and nskfd have you any thing to say why sentence s h oum not be pronounced on you he sprang to bis feet with sudden fire and energy denies theft from company i want to say to this court that i havej never stolen a d.i'lar in my life xÂ»t one cent did i take from the pldwell eiecrrl company id i palmer that fend swore that she would break up the pldwell com pany and she has kept her word at an awful cost to me and mine she kil'ed my wife as surely as there is a fate that ! directs us this creature has shown noi conscience no scruples and no heirt at this point the old man paused and as the memory of what he considers bis persecution at the hands of the woman who was formerly a confidential secretary in the employ of his company he raised his voice nud shrieked his denunciation she is a demon of the worst type a ' woman utterly lost to every human at tribute he shouted there is noth ing too vile for her to do it is hard for me an innocent man to stand here at the threshold of the grave and kno that i and my sou will have to go to prlso not because of any wrong we have done i but because of this woman's hate predicts cold motor's success when i am dead and gone my cold motor will be a success and succeeding nerations will curse this woman for what she is when i invented the trolley car ihe peoplr n-ho hrst looked at it declared that it was a foolish dream it i the greatest blessing to humanity to day i was deprived of the fruits of wy labor it was the same with the electric fan jud^-e chftlala interrupted the old man and said lhat there was nothing left for him to do but to impose seutence how ever cliurtes bidwÂ»:i who is himself an o:d mm i*u'v wjrs john d arch3old to the hon john p f'kln attor n*y general harrisburg pa 26 broadway dec 5 1902 my dear governor â€” i am sure you will paraon any seeming pre sumption on my part in writing you on a subject in which botn personally and on behalf of my company i am greatly interested it is to urge the appointment if at all consistent of judge morri son of mckean to the supreme court bench vice mitchell de ceased judge morrison's character for ability and integrity needs no word at my hands but aside from these great considerations his familiar ity with all that pertains to the great industries of oil and gas in the important relation they bear to the interests of the western part of the state make him espe cially desirable as a member of the court from that section hoping that it may prove possi ble for you to favorably consider judge morrison's appointment i am with very high regard sincerely yours john d archbold hon william a stone harrisburg pa 2s b"oadway sept 5 1900 hon william a stone harrisburg pa my dear governoi â€” will you permit me to s=y that if it seems consistent for you to appoint john henderson of meadvime pa to the vacancy on the supreme bench caused by the deat of jyhae green it will be a matter of in tense personal satisfsct'on to me i am sure i need not occuoy vour time with snv argument as to judqe henderson's fitness e't^er as to character or lenal qualifica tion with hi retard i am very fulv voi-lrs john d ahchbold thomas l hisgen's speech thomas l htegeu in his speech ia oar lm.->:i hull said mr chairman i.adles und gentlemen i ttiank you from the fullness uf my heart fur the cordial greeting that you have ex '< r w..i to me ro-nlght it is the same ing and eiithii-iasm that we bare ex perienced thro-.gbojt the length and breadth of the laad it reminds m&of the old-fashioned rv â– lijrious revivals of the moody and sankey i kind tvh-?n the people came out to hear : rhe newest old story diid v have been greeted with thousa.j. v 1 pected to hear s^uiething 1 do not ' to the pmfmwlnnnl jamnaign speakers â€¢â– â€¢.â€¢â– ! 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